Brent... Having spoken with Gary quite a bit the past couple of years, I'd say he has several dozen covers. He has a whole bunch with Great Laker magazine as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Gary has 30 or more covers to his credit. That's because he's the man!

David
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What they produced is pretty anemic looking in comparison, at least IMO as the photographer.

Here's more or less what they cropped to:

They cropped a portrait image out of this landscape image. I quit advertising with LH Digest because I wasn't happy with their inability to get the color right for my ads despite providing them with a guide print. For this one, they would have had the print that was submitted to a photo contest years ago, which should have served as a guide. Given that my prints are done with archival pigment ink, there's little excuse for not getting the color right IMO, because the print sure wouldn't have faded in a couple of years.

Leah Loar-Mays wrote:Shirin, I haven't ordered from Lighthouse Depot for years but they still send me a catalog! lol

That is one of my favorite photos of Ocracoke--before the new walkway removed the possibility of such shots.

I haven't been to Ocracoke myself since June 2002. I know I'm long overdue to get back there, but what new walkway are we talking about that removed the possibility of such shots? It was already a hard enough light to shoot. Are you telling me it's even worse now?

I haven't gotten a LD catalog in quite awhile myself now that you mention it.

I have to say how ironic at how Tim and I were there at the same time as a couple other posters.. October 2005 and April 2006 . I too don't like the walkway. At least its not as unsightly as it could've been and looks natural. It was much better though without that walkway Here's a shot I took last October

Kevin,
Here's a scan of the cover unaltered. This is as close as I could get it to what I visually had in front of me to compare to.

Hope this gives you an idea of what folks who have seen the cover are talking about vs. the image as submitted that I posted above.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to have another cover to the collection (BTW, Brent, I don't know what the actual total is but I think its somewhere in the range of 15-20) but I really do wish they would be more careful in preserving the photographic integrity of what was submitted when they publish using any photographer's work. You don't get a copy to proof and you hence can't comment and ask them to get it right and what they eventually publish does reflect back on the person whose name is in the photo credit be the result good or bad. This goes with the LH Digest's photo contest rules and them asserting that they can use contest images as they see fit, which is why I DON'T submit anything to that photo contest any more if you would like to know the truth.

As for the new walkway, if the NPS happens to read this, in my opinion, keeping the tourist's feet dry has significantly detracted from the appeal of photographing Ocracoke in this photographer's opinion. Give me back the soggy boardwalk ANY TIME